Greg Taylor wins 35th Hungerford Award with essays told by 24 species

The manuscript came out on top in a record field of 128 entries for the Western Australian award.

By The Book Source28 October 20261 minute read

ManuscriptGreg TaylorWildlife in the Open Eucalyptus Forests

Greg Taylor has won the 35th Hungerford Award for Wildlife in the Open Eucalyptus Forests, a collection of narrative non-fiction essays. Each piece is told from the point of view of one of 24 non-human species, giving readers a different angle on the natural world.

Fremantle Press says Taylor grew up in Miami and has lived in San Francisco.

The biennial award is open to unpublished manuscripts by Western Australian writers. When the shortlist of four was named on 7 October, Fremantle Press said 128 manuscripts had been entered this year, the most in the award's 35-year history. Publisher Georgia Richter said the record field showed why an award reserved for local writers matters.

The call for entries in February listed a $15,000 cash prize from the City of Fremantle, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a writing fellowship with the Centre for Stories. The judges were Chemutai Glasheen, Marcella Polain and Richard Rossiter, working with Fremantle Press publishers Georgia Richter and Cate Sutherland.

Original source: Fremantle Press ↗

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